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[email protected]. Opinionated Poets, Opinionated Lovers: Callimachus and Martial on Social and Sexual Behavior Charlotte Houghton Honors in the Department of the Classical Mediterranean and Middle East Advisor: Professor Nanette Goldman May 4, 2020 Table of Contents Chapter I—An Introduction to the Epigrammatic World ...........................................1 A History of Epigram...............................................................................................4 Epigram and Ptolemaic Alexandria .......................................................................10 Epigram and the Roman Empire ............................................................................13